Improvement in hog-traps



-Traps.

Patented July 23 VR. KIRSLER.`

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ATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN KIELER, or KENT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUG-TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,532, dated July 23, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN KIELER, of

I Kent,in the county of Stephenson and State y of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in H ogTraps, of which the following is a specification:

y N atnre and Objects of the Invention.

The invention relates to a trap or pen, provided at one end with a vertically-sliding door and at the other with a lever outside the trap, which operates the slide, and so working in grooves and serving to catch and hold an animal in an aperture between its edge and that of a slide opposite. The object of the invention is to provide a means of holding an animal securely for any desired purpose.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure I is a front view of the invention. Figll is a plan view of the floor of the same. Fig. II'I is a side sectional view of the same.

General Description.

side of the frame H, the lower ends of the" side pieces of which are secured in staples on the outside of the upper parts of the posts B.

The opposite end of the device is provided with the posts I, standing opposite the posts B, and connectedtherewith by the rails K.

` To the outside of the posts I is secured thev slotted sill L, upon which, and between the bars M, the slides N and O move, the ends of the silland bars M M being connected by y the posts P R. Thechook S is placed between the outer vertical edge of the slide N and the post R, and serves to regulate the size of the aperture between the inner and vertical edges of the slides. To the Voutside ofthe slide O is affixed one end ofthe arm T, the opposite end of which is pivotedpto the llower end of the lever U, having ahandle at its opposite end. The end of the cord E is secured so as to be within convenient reach of the person oper ating the lever U. The outer vertical edge of the slide O is provided at its center with a guide, V, projecting at right angles therefrom and passingthrou gh a vertical slot in the post l?. The inner vertical edges of the slides N O are so arranged that when the slides are closed an aperture of suitable dimensions and formis left between them; in the present instance it is a double convex. A conical or angular form will also serve. It is preferable to have the aperture widest on its upper edge.

Operation.

The operator stands by the lever U and elevates the door D by drawing the cord E.' The animal is now driven into the inelosure of the pen, when the cord is released and the door descends, thus confining the animal in the inolosure, and which is too narrow to allow it to turn, the head of the animal being toward the slides N 0. The lever U is now forced toward the chock S, thus properly opening the aperture between the slides N O, and the ani-V mal is driven from the inclosure. As soon as Vits head is passed through the aperture the lever is retracted, forcing the slide O toward the slide N, Vthus catching the neck of the animal Vbetween said slidesiand holding it securely.

The device may be employed similarly for the purpose of securing horses or cows or other animals by sor constructing the slides that the aperture between them shall be about as high above the iloorof the trap as the neck of the animal. n

Claim.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing im lprovenients in hog-traps, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th' day ofv May,1s72. EEUBEN KIELEE.

Witnesses Z. STOVER, NoRRIs WARD. 

